| ID | 154468 |
| Title Proper | EU and NATO in Georgia |
| Other Title Information | complementary and overlapping security strategies in a precarious environment |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Mayer, Sebastian |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | Focusing on fragile Georgia since the early 2000s, the article takes a country-centred perspective on EU–NATO inter-organisationalism. It outlines the regional strategies of these core Western security institutions and assesses their complementarity and overlap across three sets of tasks: defence and empowerment, crisis management, and security sector reform. While there is hardly functional overlap in the first and second sets, in the third the EU and NATO intersect to a considerable degree. Also, there is no significant inter-organisational cooperation over Georgia. One key conclusion is that while field-level overlap clearly jeopardises institutional effectiveness, overlapping toolboxes – as in crisis management – allow for institutional flexibility when one international organisation setting offers reputational or practical advantages. Against this backdrop, a case can be made contra propositions of merging the Common Security and Defence Policy and NATO. |
| `In' analytical Note | European Security Vol. 26, No.3; Sep 2017: p.435-453 |
| Journal Source | European Security Vol: 26 No 3 |
| Key Words | NATO ; EU ; Georgia ; PFP ; Eastern Partnership ; CSDP ; Regime Complexity |